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At elevated temperature ethane undergoes a radical substitution with chlorine to give ethyl chloride and hydrogen chloride.

Unlike the radical chlorination of methane, there is a high selectivity for the mono chloro product.

Industrial Organic Chemistry, 3rd. Ed. K. Weissermel, H.-J. Arpe, VCH (1997)

CH3CH3
  +  
Cl2
         
CH3CH2Cl
  +  
HCl
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Ethane     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Chlorine     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Chloroethane     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Hydrogen chloride     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming

Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
British A-Level Chemistry: AS
Industrial Process: Organic
Radical Substitution

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